Penholder-guide.



'- No. 747,574. PATENTED 1330.22, 1903.

s. BACHARAOH. PENHOLDER GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26 1903.

N0 MODEL.

THE Npnms ain; no Pumaumm WASNINGYON u c Patented December 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BAOHARAOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PENHOLDER-GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,574, dated December 22, 1903. Application filed September 26, 1903. Serial No. 174,787. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BAOHARAOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Penholder-Guide, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to a guide or support for penholders and pencils during the operation of writing, and more particularly to an improvement upon the penholderguide shown, described, and claimed in my application, filed August 29, 1903, Serial No.

The object of the invention is to provide an adjustable ring, so that the device can be made to fit any and all sizes of fingers, and another object is to simplify and cheapen the construction of the device; and with these objects in view the invention consists, essentially,'in providing an adjustable split ring with overlapping ends, the extreme end portions of said overlapping ends being bent laterally outward, providing projections upon opposite sides of the ring,-one projection'being adapted to rest beneath the middle finger when the ring is placed upon the forefinger and the other projection serving as a rest or support for the pen-stock or pencil.

The invention consists also in certain details hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a guide or support constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the rod or wire from which the device is made. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the guide. Fig. 4': is a top plan View of the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a single piece of wire A, which is of a length suitable for forming an average-sized ring, the end of said wire being formed into loops or eyes B and C, of any suitable configuration or ornamentation, and in practice I prefer to have the loop B somewhat elongated and the loop or eye 0 open or spread to a suitable extent. It will be understood, however, that it is not necessary to form the ends of the wire into loops or eyes. This piece of wire A is bent to form a ring D, the end portions overlapping, as shown at E, and the extreme ends or those portions which are formed into loops or eyes are bent laterally outward at opposite sides, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4..

By making the ring in the form of a split ring it is obvious that it can be quickly and easily enlarged or contracted, so as to fit various sizes of forefingers.

In operation the device constructed as shown in Fig. 3 is placed upon the forefinger and projecting end B will rest beneath the middle finger and the projecting portion 0 will serve as a rest or guidefor the pen-stock or pencil, thereby supporting said pen-stock or pencil in an easy and comfortable position, thereby greatly facilitating the operation of writing.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the kind described comprising an adjustable ring having oppositely-disposed projections.

2. A device of the kind described c0mprising an adjustable split ring, the ends of the overlapping portions being bent outwardly as set forth.

3. A device of the kind described comprising an adjustable split ring, the ends of the overlapping portions being formed into eyes and bent laterally outward, as set forth.

SAMUEL BAOHARAOH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. BROOK, CLARENCE SHAW. 

